SVOMP - Lower Limb Tendinopathy – Load, Pain & Performance
1. Types of Tendon Injury
• Overview of the four types of tendon injury and how to recognise them clinically
2. What Is Tendon Load?
• Tensile load, Compressive load, Combination and shear (group based activity)
• Rate of loading – how this informs your practise in assessment and management
3. Differential diagnosis and assessments – demonstration and practical
• Ankle including when clinical presentations co-exist
• Anterior knee differential diagnosis
• Hamstring (proximal and distal)
• Gluteal
4. Group discussion around diagnosis of lower limb tendons
• What about palpation and imaging?
5. Language and why it matters
• Education opportunities
• Non-load based tendinopathies – how language directs you and what questions to ask
6. Loading context
• What is the difference between in-season management and rehabilitation and why it matters
• Discussion around the athlete as well as private practise / general population and how to apply this concept
7. Load Progression Principles
• Isometric → isotonic → energy storage → sport-specific loading
• Intensity vs volume vs frequency
Practicals
• Exercise prescription workshops and case studies
• Practical education tips plus designing stage-based loading programs and in-season management